Physician Note: CMS Releases Updated, Aggressive 5010 Timeline

Plus: Congress has yet to pass 2012 payment fix.

CMS offered an early holiday gift to medical practices with the Nov. 17 announcement that it would not initiate enforcement action regarding 5010 until March 31, 2012. But even at the time, the agency did tell practices that they need to be able to prove that they're making a "good faith effort" to transition to the new data set. Now CMS puts its money where its mouth is, telling practices that they are being watched carefully--and that some practices will not actually have until March to switch to 5010.

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- Published on 2011-12-16